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Epoch AI, 'Data on AI Companies' (CC BY 4.0), epoch.ai/data

idvaluegradeas of datepublished datetieraudited vs reportedextraction methodreview statusretrieved athttp statuscontent hashsupersedes idurlflags
c82813127138c8ec$200Mgrade C, evidence tier 52023-03-012023-05-045estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
e05bb55f92ca8c2a$1.0Bgrade C, evidence tier 52023-08-292023-08-295estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
21955e538a2ba67e$1.3Bgrade C, evidence tier 52023-10-102023-10-125estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
b91b5b17c6879bdd$1.6Bgrade C, evidence tier 52023-12-302023-12-305reportedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
aad9c4389300cdcd$2.0Bgrade C, evidence tier 52023-12-312024-02-095estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
eba1d490f1b1f20a$3.4Bgrade C, evidence tier 52024-06-122024-06-125estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
c83da3dd9f581770$3.6Bgrade C, evidence tier 52024-08-152024-09-275estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
b87365501f644603$4.0Bgrade C, evidence tier 52024-09-122024-09-125estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
cb9aea146ae3d2e7$5.5Bgrade C, evidence tier 52024-12-312025-06-095estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
46820cf03ef990ef$10.0Bgrade C, evidence tier 52025-06-092025-06-095estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
7a9b85b56ec77293$12.0Bgrade C, evidence tier 52025-07-302025-07-305reportedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
0dfac555b5f950a6$13.0Bgrade C, evidence tier 52025-08-012025-08-015estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
7b980074f99f805e$19.0Bgrade C, evidence tier 52025-12-182025-12-185estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
206dd0605a5540c9$21.4Bgrade C, evidence tier 52025-12-312026-03-045estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
4910df35443940aa$25.0Bgrade C, evidence tier 52026-02-282026-03-055estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
2932a2f9febe1aeb$40.0Bgrade C, evidence tier 52026-08-132026-08-135estimatedapiapproved2026-09-10T01:28:41.972289Z20090c5337eb305—source pagerun_rate
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  • c82813127138c8ec {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "200000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2023-03-01", "Graph note": "Reportedly \"hundreds of millions\"", "Id": "March 2023 100Ms", "Notes": "\"Even as revenue has picked up\u2014reaching an annual pace of hundreds of millions of dollars just weeks after OpenAI launched a paid version of the chatbot in February\"\n\nEstimating \"weeks\" to mean ~4 weeks (ChatGPT Plus was launched on Feb 1, 2023), and \"hundreds of millions\" as >200M.\n\nNote that while the in the exact revenue as of this report is uncertain, the 200M mark was likely crossed shortly after launch, so the timing of the 200M threshold is not very uncertain (+/- one month or so).", "Other revenue info": "\"hundreds of millions\" in annual revenue", "Report date": "2023-05-04", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "200000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-losses-doubled-to-540-million-as-it-developed-chatgpt?rc=9mzoog", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • e05bb55f92ca8c2a {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "1000000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2023-08-29", "Id": "Aug 2023 1B", "Notes": "\"OpenAI is currently on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue over the next 12 months from the sale of artificial intelligence software and the computing capacity that powers it. That\u2019s far ahead of revenue projections the company previously shared with its shareholders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation.\"", "Report date": "2023-08-29", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "1000000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-passes-1-billion-revenue-pace-as-big-companies-boost-ai-spending?rc=4ylmkj", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • 21955e538a2ba67e {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "1300000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2023-10-10", "Id": "1.3B Oct 2023", "Notes": "\"ChatGPT maker OpenAI is generating revenue at a pace of $1.3 billion a year, CEO Sam Altman told staff this week, according to several people with knowledge of the matter.\"\n\nAlso refers to Anthropic's contemporaneous $100M in ARR ", "Report date": "2023-10-12", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "1300000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-revenue-crossed-1-3-billion-annualized-rate-ceo-tells-staff?rc=9mzoog", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • b91b5b17c6879bdd {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "1600000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Confident", "Date": "2023-12-30", "Id": "1.6B Dec 2023", "Notes": "\"OpenAI recently topped $1.6 billion in annualized revenue on strong growth from its ChatGPT product, up from $1.3 billion as of mid-October, according to two people with knowledge of the figure.\" ", "Report date": "2023-12-30", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "1600000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-annualized-revenue-tops-1-6-billion-as-customers-shrug-off-ceo-drama?rc=9mzoog", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • aad9c4389300cdcd {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "2000000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2023-12-31", "Id": "Dec 2023 2B", "Notes": "\"OpenAI\u2019s revenues have surpassed $2bn on an annualised basis, as the runaway success of its flagship artificial intelligence product ChatGPT puts it among the fastest-growing technology companies in history. The San Francisco-based start-up\u2019s yearly run rate \u2014 a measure of the previous month\u2019s revenue multiplied by 12 \u2014 hit the $2bn milestone in December 2023, according to two people with knowledge of its finances.\"", "Report date": "2024-02-09", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "2000000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.ft.com/content/81ac0e78-5b9b-43c2-b135-d11c47480119", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • eba1d490f1b1f20a {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "3400000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2024-06-12", "Id": "June 2024 3.4B", "Notes": "\"OpenAI has more than doubled its annualized revenue to $3.4 billion in the past six months or so, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has told staff, a sign that growth in the ChatGPT developer\u2019s business is accelerating despite intensifying competition.\"\n\nPossibly disputed by OpenAI, but OpenAI didn't provide any more details, so it's likely roughly accurate.\n\n\"An OpenAI spokeswoman said the financial details were \u201cinaccurate,\u201d without elaborating.\"", "Report date": "2024-06-12", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "3400000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-annualized-revenue-doubles-to-3-4-billion-since-late-2023?rc=9mzoog", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • c83da3dd9f581770 {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "3600000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2024-08-15", "Id": "August 2024 3.6B", "Notes": "\"OpenAI\u2019s monthly revenue hit $300 million in August, up 1,700 percent since the beginning of 2023, and the company expects about $3.7 billion in annual sales this year, according to financial documents reviewed by The New York Times.\"", "Report date": "2024-09-27", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "3600000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/technology/openai-chatgpt-investors-funding.html", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • b87365501f644603 {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "4000000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annual recurring revenue (ARR)", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2024-09-12", "Id": "Sep 2024 4B", "Notes": "\"Altman has told investors that the startup\u2019s annualized recurring revenues\u2014a projection of annual revenue based on recent receipts\u2014recently hit about $4 billion.\"", "Report date": "2024-09-12", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "4000000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/united-arab-emirates-fund-in-talks-to-invest-in-openai-fd4e4977?", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • cb9aea146ae3d2e7 {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "5500000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annual recurring revenue (ARR)", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2024-12-31", "Id": "Dec 2024 5.5B", "Notes": "\"For all of last year, OpenAI had around $5.5 billion in [annual recurring revenue].\" This quote doesn't quite make sense\u2014OpenAI definitely did not have flat ARR across 2024. The most likely interpretation is that OpenAI reached 5.5B at the end of last year.", "Report date": "2025-06-09", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "5500000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/09/openai-hits-10-billion-in-annualized-revenue-fueled-by-chatgpt-growth.html", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • 46820cf03ef990ef {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "10000000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annual recurring revenue (ARR)", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2025-06-09", "Id": "June 2025 10B", "Notes": "\"OpenAI has hit $10 billion in annual recurring revenue, or ARR, less than three years after launching its popular ChatGPT chatbot. The figure includes sales from the company\u2019s consumer products; ChatGPT business products; and its application programming interface, or API. It excludes licensing revenue from Microsoft and large one-time deals, according to an OpenAI spokesperson. For all of last year, OpenAI had around $5.5 billion in ARR. Reaching its meteoric growth rates requires a substantial amount of cash. The San Francisco-based startup lost about $5 billion last year.\"\n\nthe line about \"For all of last year, OpenAI had around $5.5 billion in ARR.\" probably means $5.5B as of end of 2024, but unclear. check article for clarification?\n\nAlso could be higher under different accounting, due to the Microsoft license exclusion. This may be a different standard from other OpenAI revenue reports.", "Report date": "2025-06-09", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "10000000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/09/openai-hits-10-billion-in-annualized-revenue-fueled-by-chatgpt-growth.html", "Source type": "Company disclosure"}
  • 7a9b85b56ec77293 {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "12000000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Confident", "Date": "2025-07-30", "Id": "July 2025 12B", "Notes": "CFO Sarah Friar said on CNBC that July was the first month that OpenAI achieved 1B in revenue.\n\nCorroborated by a report from The Information:\n\n\"OpenAI roughly doubled its revenue in the first seven months of the year, reaching $12 billion in annualized revenue, according to a person who spoke to OpenAI executives.\"\n\nQuote implies the revenue rate was achieved sometime July but timing is unclear: could be late July?\n\nThere is another report of 13B from just two days later: could be new information, or rounding. ", "Report date": "2025-07-30", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "12000000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/openai-compute-ai.html ", "Source 2": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-hits-12-billion-annualized-revenue-breaks-700-million-chatgpt-weekly-active-users?rc=9mzoog", "Source type": "Company disclosure"}
  • 0dfac555b5f950a6 {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "13000000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annual recurring revenue (ARR)", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2025-08-01", "Id": "August 2025 13B", "Notes": "\"DealBook hears that the company\u2019s annual recurring revenue has soared to $13 billion, up from $10 billion in June \u2014 and is projected to surpass $20 billion by the end of the year.\"\n\n", "Report date": "2025-08-01", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "13000000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/business/dealbook/openai-ai-mega-funding-deal.html", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • 7b980074f99f805e {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "19000000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2025-12-18", "Id": "Dec 2025 19B", "Notes": "\"The company is now generating more than $19 billion in annualized revenue, largely from such subscriptions, up from $6 billion in annualized revenue in January. That suggests it will hit its goal, set in August, of reaching $20 billion in annualized revenue by the end of this year\"", "Report date": "2025-12-18", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "19000000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openais-organizational-problems-hurt-chatgpt?rc=9mzoog", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • 206dd0605a5540c9 {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "21400000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2025-12-31", "Id": "21B end-2025", "Notes": "Per The Information: \"...the $21.4 billion in annualized revenue the company was generating at the end of the year\"\n\nOpenAI said in January: \"While revenue followed the same curve growing 3X year over year, or 10X from 2023 to 2025: $2B ARR in 2023, $6B in 2024, and $20B+ in 2025.\"\n\nBased on the x axis label on the accompanying graph (2025E), 20B appears to an approximate or projected figure rather than an official figure. ", "Report date": "2026-03-04", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "21400000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-tops-25-billion-annualized-revenue-anthropic-narrows-gap?rc=9mzoog", "Source 2": "https://openai.com/index/a-business-that-scales-with-the-value-of-intelligence/", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • 4910df35443940aa {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "25000000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2026-02-28", "Id": "March 2026 25B", "Notes": "\"OpenAI topped $25 billion in annualized revenue as of the end of last month, according to a person familiar with the figure\"\n\nBased on last month * 12. article also notes OAI reached a $30B run rate if only looking at revenue spikes in the last week", "Report date": "2026-03-05", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "25000000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-tops-25-billion-annualized-revenue-anthropic-narrows-gap?rc=9mzoog", "Source type": "Media report"}
  • 2932a2f9febe1aeb {"Annualized revenue (USD)": "40000000000.0", "Annualized revenue type": "Annualized run rate", "Company": "OpenAI", "Confidence": "Likely", "Date": "2026-08-13", "Graph note": "\"More than 40B\", so 40B could be an underestimate. ", "Id": "OpenAI 40B", "Notes": "\"More than 40B\", so 40B could be an underestimate. \n\"OpenAI is on track to generate annualized revenue of more than $40 billion based on its current performance, according to people familiar with the matter, roughly doubling its run rate from the end of 2025 and bolstering the company\u2019s plans for a Wall Street debut.\"\n\"...OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman said the company\u2019s annual revenue run rate increased more than 20% month-over-month in July.\"", "Report date": "2026-08-13", "Revenue amount (normalize to annual)": "40000000000.0", "Scope": "Full company", "Source 1": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-13/openai-s-revenue-run-rate-tops-40-billion-ahead-of-ipo", "Source type": "Media report"}